Based on a sample of German innovating firms that contains information on formal and informal innovation cooperation … between customers and suppliers, we state that firms perceive informal cooperation as being more important than formal … cooperation modes. We then investigate the determinants of firms? decisions to engage into the respective cooperation modes. In …

cooperation between customers and suppliers, we state that firms perceive informal cooperation as being more important than formal … cooperation modes. We then investigate the determinants of firms' decisions to engage into the respective espective cooperation … modes. In line with previous empirical work, we do not find much empirical evidence for the relevance of incoming spillovers …

This paper analyzes the role of absorptive capacity in R&D spillovers through strategic R&D investments in a game …

This paper analyzes the role of absorptive capacity in R&D spillovers through strategic R&D investments in a game …

emphasis is posed on the effects that arise from various types of spillovers and how these effects are influenced by firm …

This paper presents a dynamic model of a competitive R&D and production duopoly subject to knowledge spillovers. Two … planner prefer the R&Dcooperative strategy over the competitive one regardless of the intensity of knowledge spillovers … venture, the firms do not necessary choose the highest degree of cooperation available. …

knowledge flows and these incoming spillovers serve to increase the efficiency of own applied research. The firm can at the same …